Mayawati hints at SP-BSP alliance in 2019

Lucknow, March 26 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday indicated that her party might align with Samajwadi Party (SP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the one-time bitter rivals helped defeat the BJP in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary bypolls.

According the official sources, the four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told party legislators that such an alliance was necessary to “rout the common and bigger adversary, the Bharatiya Janata Party”.

She also warned party members not to get carried away by the propaganda unleashed by the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

“Whatever negative is being said by the BJP is nothing but its fear of our coming together so stand guard,” Mayawati said.